Apple crumble!

In my previous post I talked about how my housemate and I went to our local green grocers (support your local traders!!) and bought a shit ton of fruit and veg. So with this we decided to make an apple and rhubarb crumble!

Ingredients:

• 300g plain flour
• 200g sugar
• 175g plain unsalted butter (at room temp)

Filling:

• 4 cooking apples
• 2 rhubarb

Method:

• Peel, core and cut up your apple and rhubarb, place into a pan of boiling water and boil fro a few minutes.
• Put flour sugar and butter together and rub together to for breadcrumbs
• pop you fruit into a big dish, then put your breadcrumbs on top
• cook in the oven till the top is golden!

 

As we are poor and cheap students, we have a habit of nicking sugar packets so that we don't have to buy sugar! The only drawback is, that it takes ages to get enough sugar! Below is Izy doing the sugar shake dance!

 

So Yummy!

Smoothies!

It is a beautiful day in Leeds! So my housemate Izy and I, as we were feeling summery, decided to go to our local greengrocers and make smoothies!!! We bought, a lot, of fruit, but our grocers is sooo cheap! We got everything for £10.93, the same amount in Sainsburys would probably cost closer to £30!!

We decided to make two different types of smoothie, mango and strawberry and mixed berries!

There is the finished product! We were feeling fancy so we put them into martini glasses! They looked great and tasted fantastic!

We then made a mixed berry batch, with lots of raspberries, blueberries and strawberries! This smoothie will taste even better in a few months when the fruit is in season. You could also add some alcohol to them to make some delish cocktails (I think I may try that tonight!). So go and make some smoothies they are so easy and cheap and they taste yummy!!

Pretty pastels

Looks like pastel colours are going to be huge this spring/summer, in every shop I have been into recently pastels have been everywhere. But I have to be honest, I do not look great in pastel, so I decided to look at other ways I could incorporate pastel colours into my life. You could paint your nails in some nice pale colours, or invest in a bag or some shoes , if you were having a party you could decorate in pastels or maybe buy pretty little cupcakes.

So If like me, pastels really don't look good on you, then there are still plenty of ways you can be a part of the trend! 

Cold busting Techniques!

Some of my housemates are coming down with colds and I am terrified, I hate colds! So I decided to make sure I put all my preventions in place to stop my self getting a cold! They are all pretty easy so here they are!

1. Eat lots of fruit and veg, Iz (one of my housemates) made some super healthy soup, with a ridiculous amount of veg in it, lots of vitamins.
2. Put lots of Ginger and Garlic in everything! Ginger is great for your immune and crushed garlic has allicin in it, which is produced when the garlic is crushed. Allicin encourages white blood cells to reproduce which boosts your body's defense system.

3. If you feel your throat getting sore make a honey and lemon drink, my mum has preached this drink ever since I can remember, but it does work, you could also put some ginger or turmeric in this too, it all helps!
4. Drink lots of water, I always imagine I am drowning all my germs! Stupid I know!
5. Get lots of sleep, if I ever get the feeling that I may be getting a cold, I go to bed super early! Sleep is one of the best ways to prevent a cold.

Stop that cold in it's tracks!

Plaiting up a storm

I just love plaits (or braids), I think they are so pretty and very useful for getting you hair out of your face. Not only that, but most are very easy to achieve like the basic plait, the fishtail or the french plait, and all are simple yet look really beautiful. They are also good for pretty much any occasion, you can wear them everyday or for special occasions like weddings. Plaits can make another hairstyle look more interesting, for instance by incorporating them into a bun or ponytail.
Below are a few of my favorite examples of different types of plaits.

 I just love them!

Cosmopolitans!

Its Friday, finally! I am off for cocktails tonight, so I thought I would share with you my favorite cocktail recipe for Cosmopolitans! It is very easy!

2 shots of Vodka
1 shot of Cointreau
1 shot of Cranberry juice
Half a shot of Lime  juice
A twist of orange peel (or a small slice, if you fail at it like me!)

Mix all together in a cocktail shaker with lots of ice and then strain into a martini glass!


Enjoy!

Red lipstick tips

I love lipstick, I own closer to 20 different lippys in lots of different shades! Though my favorite shade of lipstick has to be red! Many people say they can't wear red, or other bold lipsticks, or are to afraid to (one of my housemates is to scared to wear anything but clear lip gloss). So I thought I would give some little tips and tricks to help anyone pull off lipstick.

My new red lipstick in action!

1. Exfoliate your lips, even if you don't want to wear lipstick, you should still take care of you lips, when you brush your teeth give your lips a rub over with your brush, taking off any dead skin.
2. Always wear something on your lips, even if its just Vaseline! When I was younger I would get very cracked lips, my dentist at the time told me to wear lots of lip gloss! He said it was great for nourishing lips.
3. Blot! If you want your lipstick to last a long time, apply and then blot, I generally do this quite a few times as I hate it when lipstick only lasts half an hour (you could also invest in a lipstick primer, I have a great one form Urban Decay). It will also give you a much more intense colour!
4. After you have applied the lipstick, stick a finger in your mouth and drag it back out, this will make sure you don't get any lippy on your teeth!
5. Finally and probably the most important in my book, is to wear you lip stick with confidence!

Red lipstick always wins!